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Guess the species #6

Discussion in 'Quizzes, Competitions & Games' started by Chlidonias, 29 Jun 2014.

  1. LaughingDove

    LaughingDove Well-Known Member

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    Number 4 looks like it could be a Swinhoe's striped squirrels or possibly Himalayan striped squirrel.
     
  2. LaughingDove

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    Number 2 looks like some sort of rabbit or hare
     
  3. LaughingDove

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    For number 5- fossa???
     
  4. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I'm not sure of number one yet, but here's what i think for the others:

    2) Mountain Hare
    3) Sika
    4) Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel
    5) Madagascan Ring-tailed Mongoose
     
  5. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    number one isn't a Great Grey Shrike is it?
     
  6. Norwegian moose

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    Number 1: Wagtail species?
    Number 2: Mountain hare
    Number 3: Rusa deer
    Number 4: Himalayan striped squirrel
    Number 5: Durels vontsira
     
  7. gentle lemur

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    1 Male wheatear
    2 Lesser splodge (pretending to be a mountain hare)
    3 Hog deer
    4 Striped thingy
    5 Red-bellied TLD favourite

    As you may have realised, I'm guessing after #1 :D

    Alan
     
  8. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    1. Northern wheatear
    2. Mountain hare
    3. Hog deer
    4. Tamiops macclellandii
    5. Ring-tailed vontsira
     
  9. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    And we have a winner!

    Northern Wheatear wild at Stanage (Derbyshire), Mountain Hare wild at Bleaklow (also Derbyshire), Hog Deer at Whipsnade, Himalayan Striped Squirrel at Tierpark Berlin, Ring-tailed Vontsira(/Mongoose) at Zoo Berlin.

    Will try to post the full versions of the three crops later on when I'm home.

    Over to you lintworm! :)
     
  10. lintworm

    lintworm Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    These 5 should not be too difficult, they are at least all captive animals :p
     

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  11. DesertRhino150

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    1. No idea - looks like some sort of fish
    2. Wattled crane
    3. Striped hyena
    4. Reticulated python
    5. Black lemur
     
  12. ThylacineAlive

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    I go to bed for a few hours and miss an entire round!:p

    Being as my guessing more or less line up with desertrhino all I can add is I think 1 is a lungfish of some sort. I'm going to say West African but maybe African Slender.

    ~Thylo:cool:
     
  13. callorhinus

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    Sorry for offtopic, but my question is related to this thread. Whether there is a dictionary/catalogue when I can find names of different animals in Latin. English and two or three more languages? I have such dictionary (Latin, Russian, English, German, French), but it was compiled more than 20 years ago, and probably contains errors.
     
  14. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    My first thoughts are pretty much in line with DR as well:

    1. Electric Eel (?)
    2. Wattled Crane
    3. Striped Hyaena
    4. Reticulated Python
    5. Black Lemur (not sure if this could be another Eulemur...)
     
  15. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Just for the record, the full versions of the three cropped animals from the last round:
     

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  16. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I thought lintworm's number five was a sifaka?
     
  17. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    That's possible.

    ~Thylo:cool:
     
  18. Maguari

    Maguari Never could get the hang of Thursdays. 15+ year member Premium Member

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    The face shape doesn't look right for a Crowned Sifaka, and the ones I've seen have a white patch on the 'bridge' of the 'nose' - so unless it's something lintworm found in a Malagasy zoo, I don't think it can be. I'd have to look up the other sifakas to be sure.
     
  19. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I liked Maguari's sneaky deer photo too. Without the head it looked to me like a large fat deer; with the head it is revealed to be a dumpy little deer!
     
  20. Maguari

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    Heehee, glad you liked!